Retroid Pocket Flip 2 (Cows Ascended)

[noble canyon]

rp flip can play every single system under the goddamn sun switch included

[tranquil elbow]

I do have a 2dsxl but it would be more convenient to just have everything on the flip2, although I assume it's gonna be super annoying to play titles that heavily feature touch controls

[coral hound]

I have a modded switch but I did try some switch games when I had the rp5 it's definitely doable

[tranquil elbow]

Im happy it can run lightweight switch games so I can play indies on it

like Celeste, Hollow Knight, Hades etc

[coral hound]

Yeah there's a ton of good indie switch games for sure

[tranquil elbow]

maybe even stuff like Unicorn Overlord is doable?

(great game btw if you havent played it)

[coral hound]

I played a little bit of unicorn overlord that game is wild

If it's compatible that game should run fine I would think

[tranquil elbow]

it runs well on yuzu

no glitches

[strange glen]

Yeah a foldable indie machine is quite tempting

[tranquil elbow]

yep pretty much

[steady osprey]

I'm hoping to rock Wind Waker HD in Cemu, otherwise there are HD texture packs for GC Wind Waker that are pretty rad too

[coral hound]

But it's so easy to get lost in the weeds with all these games LOL Switch PS2 GameCube Wii 3ds/DS then every other system before it

[tranquil elbow]

I really love having like 2000 8/16 bit games cause when Im bored I just open a random one

oh! Onimusha 3 for sure

on ps2

[steady osprey]

The Goldeneye 007 game for Wii is a hidden gem imo

[strange glen]

It can play so many games. My plan is to prioritize on systems and games that have RetroAchievement. Just to limit my choices

[steady osprey]

This is my first OLED device so Hades is definitely up there for me with those sweet sweet blacks

[steady osprey]

NetherSX2 getting retroachieves was AMAZING news

[strange glen]

Yes, super happy about that.

But Dolphin Android doesn’t have RetroAchievement so I’ll have to install Rocknix

[coral hound]

I think the battery on Linux/Rocknix is pretty significantly different,better on android

[steady osprey]

So bizarre eh?

[strange glen]

On top of that I plan to mainly play systems that my other handles (34XX and 40XXV) can’t play. Thus GC/PS2/DC/PSP I mentioned

[steady osprey]

When the Rocknix team gets a Flip 2 to develop on, they'll solve the sleep mode I'm sure

[strange glen]

Yeah I hope they will add that on the Android version soon.

[strange glen]

Hope so but even then its hard to get to the level of Android.

[coral hound]

Yeah I don't think it's sleep mode as much as it is just how much Linux draws power versus Android

[steady osprey]

Yea losing secret console is probably a deal breaker for me

[strange glen]

On Rocknix? You can dual boot Android and Rocknix I think

[gentle badge]

You’re not on the retroid disc you don’t have to say “secret console” here do you?

[steady osprey]

I know you can, but I'd want to be all in

[steady osprey]

I've been hushed before

[naive hollow]

Switch emulation is badass

Fight me

[coral valley]

Fuck rajang

Most annoying monster in iceborne

[strange glen]

If you can only pick 2 games for these for systems (GC/PS2/DC/PSP), one essential and one unique. What would you pick? Go!

[naive hollow]

You would

[coral valley]

Hey now

[south mantle]

Got my Flip 2 guys

[naive hollow]

I don’t kink shame dw

[tranquil elbow]

nice!

wait

[south mantle]

lol

[gentle badge]

For psp I pick patapon and metal gear ac!d

[naive hollow]

GC: Pokemon and F Zero GX
PS2: Monster Hunter and Monster Hunter Dos
DC: idk DOA2 or something
PSP: Monster Hunter freedom unite and Monster Hunter portable 3rd

[tranquil elbow]

do you perchance like monster hunter

[coral valley]

This guy monster hunters

[naive hollow]

Ong

[tranquil elbow]

I tried to so hard to play monster hunter generations on the 3ds I just cant

[mystic void]

I'm going to just go with somewhat less talked about games for unique

GC essential: Mario kart double dash
GC unique: Fire emblem path of radiance

PS2 Es: God of war
PS2 unique: Bully

PSP essential: Grand theft Auto Liberty city or vice city stories
PSP unique: Castlevania dracula x chronicles

[naive hollow]

I don’t see monster hunter on this list

[mystic void]

I never liked MH

[tranquil elbow]

boooo

[naive hollow]

Blocked

[mystic void]

Shoulda asked me about a better franchise

[coral valley]

Which ones have you tried

[naive hollow]

Reported

[mystic void]

I can't remember but at least 3 of em. Fwiw I do want to try wilds

[coral valley]

Wilds looks pretty good, I'm probably going to hold off until they make the dlc

I still need to beat freedom unite

[tranquil elbow]

wilds is good but it runs like shit and the endgame is very anemic

I uninstalled it today, not really interested in killing tempered arkveld a thousand more times

[naive hollow]

But Zoh Shia

[tranquil elbow]

eh I did it 4 or 5 times, fun fight

[coral valley]

Yeah that's what I've heard so far, fortunately I got more than enough monster hunter content to keep me occupied till they improve it

[naive hollow]

AT Rey dau soon too

[coral hound]

Of the old Monster hunter games what's the most accessible for beginners

[naive hollow]

Anything newer than tri

Don’t bother with the older stuff

[coral valley]

Probably world or mh4u

[naive hollow]

Except freedom unite maybe

[tranquil elbow]

they're all pretty hardcore, the first mainstream one was world

[strange glen]

My own list
GC: Zelda Wind Waker, Pikmin
PS2: God of War, Katamari Damacy
DC: Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio
PSP: God of War, Patapon

[tranquil elbow]

so if you wanna start somewhere go with world or rise imho

[coral hound]

So nothing worth trying on the older systems

[tranquil elbow]

not as your first title, you'll hate it

but if you try a newer one and like it, the old ones are good

[naive hollow]

Just avoid the PS2 games and freedom 1

[strange glen]

I have two god of war. What would you choose as essential for PSP instead of God of War? Maybe GTA but I don’t love GTA.

[coral valley]

I need to get a vita for frontier

[naive hollow]

Wdym

[coral valley]

Monster hunter frontier

[naive hollow]

That’s a PC game

If there’s a vita version it’s probably not worth playing

[coral valley]

It's both

[naive hollow]

TIL

How many updates did the vita version get

Might have to check that out

[coral valley]

I'm not sure honestly, though I would think it would be the same as the other versions

[tacit latch]

how's the plastic? does it feel cheap?

[coral hound]

It doesn't feel cheap at all so maybe it is a different plastic than what Joey had

It's certainly not squishy

And also mine has no yellowing above the speakers it's black

It's a very nice device it's not like the rp5 though because that's made of glass so you really cannot even compare the two in terms of structural rigidity. They are different

But the ergonomics on the rp5 were unusable to me.

[copper sequoia]

Ice blue is so pretty. So glad I went with that option

[coral hound]

Wait till you see it in person where it's not blown out from the studio lights

[tranquil elbow]

looks good tbh

[restive totem]

Thank you mate 🙏

[naive hollow]

Yw babe

[rigid thicket]

Oh that's much better

[umbral sand]

April 4th order still no shipping (getting worried >.< )

[rigid thicket]

There's still a bunch of day 0 orders that haven't shipped yet 🙃

[naive hollow]

It’s gonna be a week or two bud

[tranquil elbow]

yeah, dont lose sleep over it

they're still sending march 18th orders lmao

[umbral sand]

I mean I may be sweating it if it doesn't land in the states by the 2nd >.<

[tranquil elbow]

oh

right.

well retroid said they'd ship everything before may 2nd

you should be good

[umbral sand]

Yay!

Yeah the $300+ tax on it I would have to abandon it

[tranquil elbow]

its prolly not that much, but yeah, understandable that you want to avoid tariffs haha

[naive hollow]

Who knows if that stuff is even gonna be standing by the 2nd lol

[tranquil elbow]

true enough

or if its three times as much

[umbral sand]

Current tax rate on it is 145% so $220 I think its roughly $319 on landing

• fees

[tranquil elbow]

I dont think the 145% applies fully for small purchases

unless that's changed too

[umbral sand]

I haven't seen anything exempting small purchases.

[tranquil elbow]

I dont wanna get into the weeds cause I understand very little of it

but Joey had a post about it a week ago or so explaining it

[coral valley]

Last time I checked yesterday it's 120% or $100 on under $800 items
But atp I really don't know

[tranquil elbow]

yeah that's what I heard too, should be around 100$

[umbral sand]

of course, and it changes every day it seems. I'll read up. Thanks ^_^

[naive hollow]

I ordered mine as an early (or late I guess lol) birthday gift on the 3rd

[tranquil elbow]

good luck man I hope they fix this mess

[vital belfry]

I still don’t understand it

[umbral sand]

lol same, Bday is Friday and am excited for it >.<

[vital belfry]

Thank god I’m not American

[naive hollow]

Happy early birthday man

[tranquil elbow]

my birthday is middle of may and Ill be surprised if it gets here before that haha

[naive hollow]

Thank god my name isn’t Jigg

[tranquil elbow]

maybe it'll get here on my birthday that'd be cool

[umbral sand]

Thanks!

I found info!

Looksl ike it will be a fee of $50 an item for small items until July?

The April 10, 2025 EO further increases tariffs and flat fees for small value packages from China as follows:

For postal items, the tariff is increased from 90% to 120% of the package’s value or replaced with a flat fee per postal item.

For goods entered between May 2, 2025, and before 12:01 a.m. EDT on June 1, 2025, the flat fee is raised from $75 to $100.

Beginning June 1, 2025, the flat fee will rise $200.

But also it looks like they have the option to still charge teh tariff? Blah I hate this.

[coral valley]

Ah I sure do love convoluted policies

[umbral sand]

Source - https://www.internationaltradeinsights.com/2025/04/further-changes-to-shipments-under-800-from-china/

[tranquil elbow]

and they're not even collecting them cause of a glitch in their systems

or at least they weren't some days ago

[umbral sand]

A lot of companies just stopped shipping anything over $800 because they just don't know how much its going to cost when its landed

and if you don't have the equity to front 145% more on the products you are kind of screwed.

I feel bad for the small businesses, and this is a dagger in the retro gaming community 😦

[tacit latch]

awesome, how's the face button feel? same as rp5, better, worse?

[coral hound]

They feel great to me. I think most people are going to be very happy when they receive it

[naive hollow]

As someone who works in the postal/shipping industry, we are 100% unprepared to collect all these tariffs

[tranquil elbow]

yeah, figures haha

[coral valley]

Fantastic

[tacit latch]

softer than the RP5? I didn't much enjoy the ones on the RP5 😅

[coral hound]

I got rid of my rp5 a while ago so I really can't compare them directly other than saying they feel good to me. But yeah personal preference

[naive hollow]

Hot

[vital belfry]

Cold

[umbral sand]

I thought it was Ice though?!

[naive hollow]

Hot and icy

[vital belfry]

Both indeed

[umbral sand]

Now thats pretty cool

Almost Ice Cold

[copper sequoia]

What’s cooler than being cool?

https://tenor.com/view/ice-outkast-gif-4685458

[south mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/cooler-outro-fighterz-dbfz-grab-gif-20330535

Or rather

https://tenor.com/view/dash-destroy-cooler-gif-24982400

I can only send this properly if they give us a metal shell Flip 2

https://tenor.com/view/metal-cooler-cooler-dbz-dbz-meta-cooler-cooler-gif-26718527

[steady osprey]

Hot damn, did they actually listen to us when we complained about the colour choice of that speaker module?

[steady osprey]

These are the best pics I've seen of the Ice Blue and are a wonderful sign that some user feedback made a difference

[rapid echo]

I think the amount of light that hits the shell makes it look ether good or bad.

[steady osprey]

It's about the same to the RG556 in the clear blue, maybe a touch better

Which is to say, a lot of light bleed

[proud shoal]

currently awaiting shipping for mine which I unfortunately ordered last week

[steady osprey]

Come back next week 😉

[proud shoal]

good thing I got DHL

[stray dagger]

someone wake up the Chinese so they ship out my wombo combo already

[steady osprey]

Tonight we should see the first Classics being shipped?

[wooden phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/nope-no-negative-danny-de-vito-iasip-gif-7863332

[steady osprey]

Why not? They delayed it a day, surely they wouldn't delay it a day if it was more like next week?

[wooden phoenix]

Delay it once, delay it twice I always say

[steady osprey]

That's brutal and I have to disagree, even if you're being facetious

[wooden phoenix]

I have 0 skin in this game I just had to play devils advocate lol

Waiting for a black flip 2 to hit marketplace in 6 months

[steady osprey]

Oof fair enough

[strange glen]

Just saw this. Hope the RetroAchievement will come to Android Dolphin this year.

[limpid ledge]

Oooo

[limpid ledge]

I never knew this

[foggy ocean]

Retail Ice Flip 2 made if in today!

[naive hollow]

Hell yes

[sharp narwhal]

just noticed the updated thread title now...

https://tenor.com/view/fortnite-cow-season7-chapter2-inflatabull-gif-22899903

[icy bramble]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR1KXH0jmDw

huh.

neat.

[lilac sable]

Cemu.
Cemu go.
Go mu go.

[steady osprey]

I wish he put game titles on the screen or in his time stamps.

[south mantle]

Does Retroid usually use DHL Express?

People in here were talking about how it usually takes DHL a weekish in the States

I wonder if Retorid opted for Express to get things out of China quicker

[random tulip]

Pretty sure I DHL Express International is the norm

[south mantle]

I wonder why shipping times have been so quick this time then

Some people were getting them in two days

Idk if they were in the States tho

[worn pike]

We had 2 options in the US when I ordered

DHl and ... 4p something ?

[south mantle]

Yup

DHL are getting them or close

[worn pike]

I always pick the cheapest

[south mantle]

4PX gonna be a minute

I did until I started to consider tariff deadline

Zee swapped and then I followed suite

[worn pike]

Hmmm

[south mantle]

Mine left Atlanta about an hour ago

[worn pike]

DHL also is more likely to narc

[south mantle]

On track to get here tomorrow

Or ig today

[worn pike]

4px is more sly about fees lol

[south mantle]

Well I made it past customs, so ig im good

[worn pike]

Hope mine ships sooner or later. I ordered like 5 days ago when all of this started to go down lol

Still stuck on day 1 orders?

[south mantle]

Not sure

That link is up in the channel

[worn pike]

Yep

Might have to cancel if things feel dicey. I don't wanna pay over double